In this
brilliant new synthesis of the true cause of heart disease,
independent investigator Dr. Uffe Ravnskov explains
how dangerous plaques in the arteries are created by microbial infections, the
lipoprotein immune system, and multiple risk factors such as smoking,
hypertension, stress, diabetes, kidney failure and elevated blood homocysteine
levels. Written with incisive, comprehensive, and devastating logic, Ravnskov
systematically demolishes the cholesterol myth by a detailed analysis of the
results of research by investigators world-wide. This analysis explains the
fallacies of the cholesterol hypothesis and why pharmaceutical companies and the
food industry have profited handsomely from this outmoded and disproved theory.
The reader of this clearly written and important book will be able to use this
new understanding of the real cause of heart disease for successful treatment
and prevention.

Uffe Ravnskov has been the most
persistent and effective voice informing the public about diet dogma for the
past 20 years. His very readable earlier book, The Cholesterol Myths may never
have been a best seller, even at $20, but used copies have recently sold for
$200-300. Dr.Ravnskov has also informed the medical and nutritional professions
about the lack of evidence for their half-century condemnations of eating
saturated fat and cholesterol by publishing reviews, papers and letters in major
journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, the British
Medical Journal, the Quarterly Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Annals of
Internal Medicine, Nutrition and Metabolism and others. He also founded The
International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (www.thincs.org) which now has 80
highly qualified official members.

Dr. Ravnskov is a living example of an ideal
physician and medical scientist — one who is utterly honest. He relies on
original sources, interprets them accurately, and does not stray from actual
evidence in trials and studies. You can trust this book to learn the causes and
non causes of cardiovascular disease.

Joel M. Kauffman

Foreword by Paul Rosch, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry,New York Medical College
President, The American Institute of StressHonorary Vice President,
International Stress Management Association

Numerous
influences have been linked to increased risk for coronary
disease, including a deep earlobe crease, premature
vertex baldness and living in Eastern Finland or Glasgow. The most egregious
factoid is the erroneous belief that heart attacks result from an elevated blood
cholesterol that is due primarily to increased fat consumption. This myth has
been perpetrated and perpetuated by the cholesterol cartel of low fat food and
lipid lowering drug manufacturers, as well as prestigious organizations and
physicians that are the recipients of their largesse. However, if you repeat a
lie often enough and long enough, people will believe it and it eventually
becomes the truth. As Ravnskov convincingly demonstrates, no scientific studies
support the cardioprotective benefits of lowering cholesterol and saturated fat
intake, and those that purportedly demonstrate such rewards are seriously
flawed. Such efforts are not only ineffective, but are also harmful, especially
in the elderly. Association never proves causation and more plausible
contributors to coronary disease are discussed, including an exciting new theory
that posits an infectious etiology.

Paul Rosch

Table of Contents

Introduction

Cholesterol and your vessels

What Cholesterol Does

Saturated Fat Has Nothing to do with Cholesterol

Saturated Fat is Good

How to Silence an Opponent

The High-carbohydrate Diet - a catastrophe for Diabetics

Cholesterol and Your Heart

"Bad" Cholesterol

Triglycerides

"The Most Exact Database" - the screenes of MRFIT

The Dangers of Lowering Cholesterol

Dr. Ornish and the Lifestyle Heart Trial

The Harm that Statins Do

Those Who Pay

The Many Critical Voices

The Real Cause

What Shall I do to Avoid a Heart Attack?

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